Free executable file software for windows

Launch4j is a cross-platform tool for wrapping Java applications distributed as jars in lightweight Windows native executables.
The executable can be configured to search for a certain JRE version or use a bundled one, and its possible to set runtime options, like the initial/max heap size.
The wrapper also offers better user experience through an application icon, a native pre-JRE splash screen, a custom process name, and a Java download page in case the appropriate JRE cannot be found.
Main features:
- Launch4j wraps jars in Windows native executables and allows to run them like a regular Windows program. Its possible to wrap applications on Windows, Linux, Mac OS X and Solaris!
- Also creates launchers for jars and class files without wrapping.
- Supports executable jars and dynamic classpath resolution using environment variables and wildcards.
- Doesnt extract the jar from the executable.
- Custom application icon with multiple resolutions and color depths.
- Native pre-JRE splash screen in BMP format shown until the Java application starts.
- Process name as the executable filename to easily identify your application.
- Works with a bundled JRE or searches for newest JRE / SDK in given range.
- Opens Java download page if an appropriate Java version cannot be found.
- Supports GUI and console apps.
- Passes command line arguments, also supports constant arguments.
- Allows to set the initial/max heap size.
- JVM options: set system properties, tweak the garbage collection...
- Runtime JVM options from an .ini file.
- Runtime command line switches to change the compiled options.
- Access to environment variables and executable file path through system properties.
- Set environment variables.
- Option to change current directory to the executable location.
- The JREs bin directory is appended to the Path environment variable.
- Custom version information shown by Windows Explorer.
- GUI and command line interface.
- Build integration through an Ant task.
- Lightweight: 21 KB!
- Its free and may be used for commercial purposes.
- Includes a sample application and Ant script that automates the build process from Java sources to native executable.
- The wrapped program works on all Windows platforms (98/Me/NT/2K/Xp), Launch4j works on NT/2K/Xp, Linux (developed and tested on SUSE 9.3, CentOS 4.1), Mac OS X (build on 10.4) and Sparc Solaris 8-10.

A Portable Player 1.0 is such a professionally designed multimedia player with a single executable file which you can carry around with you on a portable device and use on any Windows computer.

It supports almost all kinds of multi-media format including FLV, AVI, AVM, ASF, WMV, AVS, MKV, MOV, 3GP, MP4, MPG, MPEG, DAT, OGM, VOB, RM, RMVB, TS, TP, IFO, NSV and more video format files and MP3, AAC, WAV, WMA, DA, FLAC, M4A, MID, MKA, MP2, MPA, MPC, APE, OFR, OGG, RA, WV, TTA, AC3, DTS and more audio format files.

This simple freeware program is to simplify the process of enable and disabling the Windows XP firewall.
You may need a friend or customer to disable their Windows XP firewall for some reason such as remote access by PCAnywhere or Radmin.
This is a standalone executable file which can be emailed to customers that you may have difficultly in talking through how to disable the XP firewall.

In Java you can generate executable jar-files but most Windows users are only familiar with exe files. Moreover it is not possible to assign icons to a Java Archive.
Xenoage Java Exe Starter resolves all of these by compiling an executable file, with an icon, that will start the jar when it will be launched.
You can also choose which JRE versions are allowed and you can pack the Jar into the Exe file so that you need only to deliver one single file.

Locate potential viruses and worms hiding in non-executable files FindEXE is a simple command line that will quickly search one or more paths and locate executable files with conventionally non executable file extensions.
Such files may be viruses or trojan programs trying to hide from virus scanners (e.g. a JPG file which really contains an executable virus). Scans every file in the specified paths, and lists all which are potentially executable.
This program quickly scans all the files in the specified paths (and the files in all subdirectories), searching for files which do not have executable file extensions, but which are in fact executable.